In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson’s father, Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Samson to____________?

A. Get revenge on his enemies
B. Re-instated as a judge
C. Retire
D. Convert

John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” is best described by which of the following genres ?

A. Pastoral elegy
B. Prose polemic
C. Blank verse tragedy
D. Masque

Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event ?

A. Greek olympic games
B. A roman circus
C. A gladiator competition
D. A and b

John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?

A. Homer, virgil, and dante
B. Dante, spenser, and pope
C. Homer, dryden, and longfellow
D. Virgil, shakespeare, and jane austen

Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ?

A. Superior
B. Inferior
C. Equal
D. Irrelevant in comparison

What poet was famous for his “Eclogues” ?

A. Virgil
B. Shakespeare
C. Chaucer
D. A and b

was the companion in publication to John Milton’s “Paradise Regained.” ?

A. “paradise lost”
B. “areopagitica”
C. “on christian doctrine”
D. “samson agonistes”

What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ?

A. The baptism of jesus
B. The story of luke
C. The ascension of jesus
D. The second coming of jesus

Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of “Paradise Lost” that that goal of his epic poem will be ?

A. To justify the ways of god to humankind.
B. To justify the ways of humankind to god.
C. To justify the ways of heaven to hell.
D. To justify the ways of hell to heaven.

According to the “Book of Luke,” Herod was the king of ?

A. Judea
B. Egypt
C. Syria
D. Jerusalem